Lewis & Clark AgriFood

What Lewis & Clark AgriFood does

Lewis & Clark AgriFood (legal entity: Lewis & Clark Partners) is a privately-held growth capital investment firm founded in 2016 and headquartered at 120 South Central Avenue, Suite 1000, St. Louis, Missouri. The firm invests across four articulated verticals: Applied AI, Food Technology, Supply Chain, and Plant Science & Animal Health, backing founders and companies that improve productivity, sustainability, and transparency across the agri-food value chain. The firm operates a 'business builder' model, leveraging domain expertise and an industry partner network to drive growth in portfolio companies spanning novel ingredients, cell-cultivated seafood, biological inputs, digital traceability, and AI-driven discovery science.

The firm is led by a team of accomplished industry operators and founders, including founding partner Tom Hillman and managing director Lawrence Page, alongside Dave Taiclet, Meg Lane, and Tim Hassler. Headcount is reported at 11-50 employees, consistent with a boutique-to-mid-market growth equity structure. Lewis & Clark AgriFood operates a dedicated investor portal for limited partner reporting and maintains an active careers portal (agrifood.prismhr-hire.com), indicating ongoing organizational scaling.

The firm's revenue mechanics follow the standard growth-equity model of management fees on assets under management plus potential carried interest, though neither AUM, fund size, nor fees are publicly disclosed. Deal activity is evidenced by a January 2026 lead investment in BlueNalu's $11 million convertible note and preferred stock financing (cell-cultivated Bluefin tuna), co-led with Agronomics and Siddhi Capital. Lewis & Clark AgriFood does not develop proprietary technology products; its competitive differentiation rests on sector specialization, operator expertise, and curated investor and founder networks rather than on a technology platform.

Name

Lewis & Clark AgriFood

Legal name

Lewis & Clark Partners

Website

https://lewisandclarkagrifood.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Lewis & Clark AgriFood is a St. Louis-based growth capital firm investing across four agrifood verticals (Applied AI, Food Technology, Supply Chain, and Plant Science & Animal Health), partnering with founders to build market-leading companies in food, health, and sustainability.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Growth Capital / Venture and Private Equity

NAICS

Oilseed and Grain Farming (1111)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Energy & Sustainability / Climate Growth Equity (FSANACAG)

Keywords

• Growth capital investing
• Agrifood venture capital
• Agriculture technology investments
• Food technology equity
• Agrifood growth equity

Headquarters

HQ city

St Louis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Lewis & Clark AgriFood is a growth capital investment firm that invests in and partners with founders building market-leading companies in the agrifood sector. The firm provides capital and business-building support across four verticals: Plant Science & Animal Health, Supply Chain, Food Technologies, and Applied AI, targeting innovations that improve productivity, sustainability, traceability, and consumer health outcomes in food and agriculture.

Product overview

Lewis & Clark Partners (doing business as Lewis & Clark AgriFood) is a growth capital investment firm focused on the agrifood sector. The firm provides investment and strategic support to portfolio companies across four primary verticals: Applied AI, Food Technology, Supply Chain, and Plant Science & Animal Health. Rather than offering a traditional product platform, the firm operates as a business builder that partners with founders to drive growth and transformative change in food, health, and sustainability. The firm is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Growth Capital Investment Program Growth capital investment program providing funding and strategic support to exceptional founders building market-leading agrifood companies across Plant Science & Animal Health, Supply Chain, Food Technologies, and Applied AI verticals. Targeted at founders and management teams seeking domain-expert capital partners.
• Agrifood Venture Investment Portfolio Portfolio of equity and convertible note investments in agrifood companies, exemplified by lead investor participation in BlueNalu's $11 million financing round for cell-cultivated Bluefin tuna toro production and commercialization. Targeted at growth-stage agrifood companies seeking strategic capital partners.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• S2G Ventures: S2G Ventures is a specialized agrifood growth equity firm investing across the food and agriculture value chain. Directly comparable to Lewis & Clark AgriFood in thesis, stage, and investor model.
• Cultivian Sandbox Ventures: Cultivian Sandbox is a venture fund focused on agrifood and animal health technologies. Closely comparable in sector specialization, stage, and growth-equity orientation.
• Pontifax AgTech: Pontifax AgTech is a growth equity firm dedicated to food and agriculture technology. Comparable in dedicated agrifood focus and growth-stage investing model.
• AgFunder: AgFunder is a venture capital platform investing in agrifoodtech startups globally. Overlapping agrifood thesis and stage, though with stronger digital/tech tilt.
• Ospraie Ag Science: Ospraie Ag Science invests in agricultural technology and sustainable farming solutions. Comparable agrifood growth-equity mandate and sector specialization.
• Fall Line Capital: Fall Line Capital is a venture and growth equity firm focused on US farmland and agricultural technology. Comparable in agrifood investing focus, with an added farmland component.
• Finistere Ventures: Finistere Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in agrifood and agricultural technology companies. Closely comparable in agrifoodtech investment focus.

Broad incumbents

• Continental Grain Company: Continental Grain is a long-established agribusiness investor with venture and growth activities in food and agriculture. Larger and more diversified than Lewis & Clark, but operates in the same agrifood investing space.
• Leaps by Bayer: Leaps by Bayer is the corporate venture arm of Bayer focused on agrifood and health breakthroughs. A broader incumbent with significant capital and overlapping agrifood/health investment thesis.
• Syngenta Group Ventures: Syngenta's corporate venture activities invest in agritech and adjacent innovation. A broader incumbent player with significant capital backing in the agrifood innovation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/lacagrifood
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lacagrifood

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments30 records

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